InstitutionClaim Cited
Tatmadaw military-business complex
Myanmar's armed forces combined military ownership, command-linked shareholding, foreign partnerships, and partly off-budget revenue in MEHL and MEC. UN and Amnesty investigations show how commercial income could strengthen institutional autonomy and reach military units, while opaque accounts prevent tracing every distribution to a specific operation or proving that the business system caused the 2021 coup.
What happens to civilian government when the military can finance itself, reward its own hierarchy, and choose commercial partners without ordinary public oversight?